Receptacle for bottles



C. B. CHRISTENSEN. RECEPTACLE FOR BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE2,1915.

1 1 9%,Q78. Patented Aug. 15, 19i6.

CHRISTIAN B. CHRISTENSEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

RECEPTACLE FOR BOTTLES.

Application filed June 2, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN B. CHRIS- TENSEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of San Francisco, in the county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovemeents in Receptacles for Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a receptacle for bottles.

The object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for bottles topreserve them from abstraction and their contents from removal or loss,and my said invention has particular reference to bottles of milkdelivered without the premises of consumers.-

My invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts shownin the accompanying drawing, described in the following specificationand claimed in the appended claim.

Referring to said drawing the figure shows a section of the deviceembodying my invention, with the side view of a milk-bottle as containedtherein.

In said drawing 2 indicates the top and 3 the bottom of said device 1,which has two oppositely positioned side walls 4. Hinged at 5 is a frontdoor 6 and hinged at 7 is a rear door 8, the said device having when thedoors are closed the shape of an oblong box. lVithin and secured to saidreceptacle and elevated from its base is a partition 9, having apreferably circular opening 10 to receive a bottle when filled. The door6 is provided in its lower portion with two upwardly curved lockingplates 11 and 12, provided with openings 13 and 14, which are circularand correspond with opening 10. The plate 9 rests between the lockingplates 11 and 12 when the door is closed. A handle 15 is securedoutwardly to the door 6 for the opening of the same. Hinged at 18 to thedoor 6 is guide plate 19 having opening 20 to receive the neck of abottle. The rear door 8 may be secured by a lock 21 secured in thestaple 22, which staple is preferably aflixed in the base of the deviceand passes through a slot in said door. I prefer to place the receptacleon the jamb or side of the doorway so that when the door is closed itengages the rear door 8 and pre- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

Serial No. 31,750.

vents its opening, but where this placing is not possible the pad-lock21 may be used as a means of fastening. Hinged at 16 is a shelf 17,which when lowered may be used to hold an empty bottle to be insertedthrough the rear door 8. To secure a bottle containing milk, forexample, in the receptacle, the door 6 is opened and the neck of thebottle inserted upwardly through opening 20 of the plate 19; then somefingers of the user are inserted between plates 11 and 12 and the baseof the bottle held above partition 9 so as to clear said partition. whenthe door is forced inwardly until such base rests on the partition andthe bottle drops through opening 10, thereby securing said door 6 fromopening. WVhen the consumer desires to secure the bottle inserted in thereceptacle he opens the door of his premises engaging door 8, or removesthe pad-lock 21 when the receptacle is placed otherwise than mentioned.

The bottle is to be inserted from below when the first door is open.

I claim:

A receptacle for bottles having an upwardly hinged front door, a hingedguide plate projecting inwardly from said door in 'the upper portion ofsaid receptacle and having an opening for the neck of a bottle, a fixedpartition below said guide plate and projecting inwardly from said frontdoor and having an opening for the body of a bottle, an upwardly curvedlocking plate fixed to said door having an opening for the body of abottle above said partition and projecting inwardly from said door, anupwardly curved locking plate fixed to said door having an opening forthe body of a bottle below said partition and projecting inwardly fromsaid door, a rear door upwardly hinged to said receptacle, and a shelfhinged inwardly to said front door and positioned between the curvedlocking plate above said partition and said guide plate.

In testimony whereof I al'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN B. CHRISTENSEN.

Witnesses:

R. B. TREAT, WV. C. DUNLAr.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

